The book, marking the Ghanaian writer's 80th birthday, is a collection of short stories from writers around the African… Aidoo's story is featured in her book No Sweetness Here and Other Stories. Ama Ata Aidoo, Ghanaian writer whose work, written in English, emphasized the paradoxical position of the modern African woman. Ama Ata Aidoo Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd, Banbury, 2006, pb 272pp Reviewed by: Karen McCarthy in Wasafiri: 14 August 2007 I couldnt help noticing that the twenty-one stories included in this anthology are all written by women, yet there is nothing in the title to suggest that this is the case. The narrator of the story is named Adjua. her grandmother Nana and her mother Miami seems to be concerned about her long legs because she may not able to carry children in the future. I hate running errands and fetching water. In her short stories, Ama Ata Aidoo questions many of the complex relationships between the political and the personal through a deceptively straightforward style of dialogue and storytelling. (Ama Ata Aidoo, quoted in Adeola James, 1990) Ama Ata Aidoo's collection of short stories: The Girl Who Can and Other Stories (1997) is a creative work that could be justifiably described as woman-centred in a progressive sense. In it she foregrounds female characters, women's needs and issues. 1942) - in full Christina Ama Ata Aidoo Ghanaian writer, who has depicted the role of African woman in modern society.

She won early recognition with a problem play, The Dilemma of a Ghost That’s much more fun.
Who wants to do chores when you can play by the Big Trunk? This is a retelling of Ama Ata Aidoo’s short story The Late Bud told from the perspective of the character Yaaba. The short story reviewed today is The Girl Who Can by Ama Ata Aidoo. African Love Stories: An Anthology ed. The result is a rich and thought-provoking experience. The volume includes eleven stories as well as an afterword by Ketu H. Katrak devoted to scholarly analysis.

Ama Ata Aidoo (b. Ama Ata Aidoo’s No Sweetness Here is a compendium of short stories that focuses on the social unrest that ensues in Ghana as it transitions into independence after British colonial rule. She is seven years old and characterized with thin long legs. Aidoo began to write seriously while an honours student at the University of Ghana (B.A., 1964). AiW note: The launch of Between the Generations- An Anthology for Ama Ata Aidoo at 80, due to be hosted by Nigerian Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka in March, was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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